This isn't standard, but a layup by Kyle Lowry with a little under four minutes to go in the first quarter in last night's Raptors-Pistons game only happened after he lulled Detroit into thinking he was about to call a timeout.

Most people were watching LeBron James bobble his rematch against the Spurs, but the two team's sporting the best records in their respective conferences, the Raptors in the East and the Grizzlies in the West, played in Toronto last night at the Air Canada Centre.

The Jazz have surprised us this season with their ball movement in coach Quin Snyder's up-tempo motion offense where they're "playing with a pass, playing with pace and playing with a purpose," but the Raptors are really good — in case you didn't already know.

While it was backup Wiz point guard Andre Miller who suffered the ignominy after Kyle Lowry's crossover behind the screen, starting Wiz point John Wall permitted Lowry to rack up a triple-double, a record fourth while a member of the Raptors in what was a thoroughly dominating all-around game by the recently signed full-time Raps point.